Dumping-car, &amp;c.



Patented Dec. 4, |900.

lNITnn STATES IsAAo L. vANsAN'r, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.'

DuMPme-CAR, sw.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 663,310, dated December 4, 1900.

Application filed March 31, 1900. Serial. No. 10.899. (No model-i To @ZZ whom, t may concer-77,:

Be it known that I, IsAAo LVANSANT, a oitizen of the United States,- residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dumping Cars or Vehicles, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specication and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a dumping car, wagon, or other vehicle which is provided with shutters which are divergent from top downwardly and made vertically movable and adapted to be folded and unfolded, so that the discharge spout or outlet of the car or vehicle may be quickly opened and closed, said shutters when closed resting upon and being supported by the walls of the outlet, whereby the joints of the shutters at their places of hinging or pivoting are relieved of the weight of the portion of the contents of the vehicle, especially as the pressure is, in the main, lateral and obliquely on said shutters.

It also consists of novel means for dumping the load or contents of the car or vehicle to the right or left, the same embodying a chute which may be supported in reversed positions in the discharge spout or outlet of the car or vehicle.

Figure l represents a longitudinal section of a dumping-car embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a transverse section thereof. Figs. 3 and 4 represent perspective views of det-ached portions. Fig. 5 represents a side p elevation of the discharge-spout and a gate therefor.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a car having an inclined bottom which leads to the discharge or dumping spout B at the inner terminals of the sections of said bottom or floor. Seated on the side walls of said spout are the shutters C, which are formed of the plates D D, which diverge downwardly from the horizontally-arranged rod E, from which they pivotally depend, said rod being connected with the vertical rod F, the latter having its upper end screw-threaded and passed through the nut or sleeve G, which is mounted on the top of the car and provided with a wheel or handle H, whereby by rotating the latter the rod maybe raised, and with it the shutters. Pivotally connected with the members of the shutters C are the toggle-1evers J, the axes K of whose limbs are lnounted on the sides of the carA, so as to remain thereon as the shutters are raised and lowered. On the inner sides of the spout B are the inclined ways orcleats L L', which cross each other, the throat or passage M existing at the place of crossing.

N designates a chute which may be supported on one of the cleats and inclined to the right or left, according to the direction it is desired to dump the contents of the car, the throat M permitting the chute to occupy the proper cleat, whichever may be selected for the purpose.

On the ends of the discharge-spout are the gates P, which serve to cover said ends when so required.

The operation is as follows: When it is desired to open the shutters, which are shown closed in Fig. l, the sleeve G is rotated,where by the rod F is elevated, and the shutters C follow the saine, whereby they leave their seats'on the spout B. Owing to the togglelevers J the shutters are moved toward each other and so closed, whereby the top of the spout is uncovered and the spout open throughout, and the contents of the oar may discharge or dump through said spout. If the chute N is primarily removed from the spout, said contents will fall through the latter to a place directly beneath the saine, in which case the gates P are closed. Should it be desired to discharge or dump the load to the right or left, the proper gate Pis opened and the chute N set in the inclined position desired, this being previous to the opening of the shutters. Then the latter are operated so that the chute directs the contents to the right or left, as the case may be, a single chute being serviceable for either direction. When the car is empty or unloaded, the sleeve G is rotated in the reverse direction, whereby the shutters descend and thetoggles open, Whereby they separate the shutters and place their lower ends in position, so that they are seated on the walls of the spout, and the latter is again closed, as shown in Fig. l, it being noticed that when the car is loaded the shut- IOO or abutment from one shutter to the other,

whereby the shutters remain tightly closed on their seats and are prevented from opening or from uncovering the discharge-spout B. 9

The lower ends of the shutters are shouldered so as to embrace the tops of the front and rear walls of the spout, and thus assist in preventing displacement of the shutters from their seats on said spout, especially as they are held apart by the toggles in the open c ondition of the latter. It will also be seen that the plates D, which form the shutters, diverge downwardly from their hinges or pivots at the tops thereof, so that the shutters form a Wed geshaped onstruction, whereby when the shutters are raised they are materially resisted by the contents of the car. 0n the contrary, they begin to close and so occupy less space, the latterbeingfurther reduced as the shutters continue their ascent, so that it becomes easier to operate the shutters, and the discharge-spoutis quickly uncovered and alarge opening is soon created above the same, said openingincreasing in size as the shutters rise, so that the escape of the contents of a car is greatly facilitated.

The floor Q of the car is inclined or pitched at different angles or slopes, as at Q' Q', thus saving space and reducing friction and attrition of the contents of the car on said door.

The root' R is adapted to be opened, so that access may be had to the interior of the car, the same in the present case being hinged to the ridge-beam S of the car, whereby it may be raised and lowered, it being furthermore formed, if desired, in sections or traps for convenience of manipulation.

When the roof is closed, it prevents rain,L

snow, dsc. from entering the car and wet-ting, freezing, or clogging the contents thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Leiters Patent, is-

l. A door having a discharge-spout therein and divergent shutters for closing the same in combination with means for raising the shutters and folding the same, the top edges of said spout forming a seat for said shutters when in closed condition.

2. In a dumping-vehicle, a pair of shutters jointed together at top, toggle-levers connected with the same, and mounted on the body of the vehicle, and means for raising and lowering the shutters to and from a dischargespout, whereby said shutters when raised fold and thus open said spout, and when lowered unfold and close said spout and are seated A .opening to close the same, means for raising said shutters, and toggle-levers mounted ou the support of said shutters and having its members connected with said shutters.

4. A discharge-opening having cross-cleats therein and a chute adapted to be supported in reverse directions on said cleats.

5. A discharge-opening, a removable chute' therein, adapted to close the same, and crosscleats with an intervening throat adapted to support said chute in reversed inclined directions. l

6. In a dumping-vehicle, a discharge-spout in the bottom thereof, the same being open in vertical direction and on opposite sides, gates for said sides, shutters adapted to close said spout and be seated thereon, and a chute adaptedwto be supported in said spout in inclined direction toward either of said sides.

'7. In a dumping-vehicle, a discharge-spout. in the bottom or door thereof, shutters formed of a pair of plates pivotally connected at top and diverging downwardly therefrom, a toggle-lever having its members connected with said plates and mounted on the body ofthe vehicle, and means for raising said shutters Vwhereby the plates positively fold and uncover said spout, the descent of the shutters positively unfolding the same and the top of the Walls of said spout forming a seat for the couvergible ends of said shutters when in closed position. 8. In a du mping-vehicle, a discharge-opening and shutters therefor, the top of the walls of said opening forming the seat for said shutters, said shutters being formed of a pair of diverging members jointed together at top and diverging from the latter downwardly forminga Wedge-shaped structure whose base is convergible, means for raising and lowering the shutters, and a toggle-lever mounted on the body of the vehicle and connected with said shutters for positively folding and unfolding the latter.

9. A vehicle having a bottom formed of inclined sections terminating toward the middle in adischarge-chute, in combination with divergent upwardly-moving shutters having their lower ends adapted to be seated on the top edges of said chute.

ISAAC L. VANSANT.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. CANER WIEDERSHEIM.

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